NSW 2015 – voters shift away from election day and postal voting

The recent NSW state election saw a continuation of the long-term trend of less and less people casting ordinary election-day votes. In addition, in...

Post-election website update

Now that the NSW election is coming to a close, I wanted to give an update on how the website is going, and my plans...

The next election – Tasmanian Legislative Council guide launched

At this point, we are largely finished with the NSW state election, although I have a few more blog posts to come later this...

NSW 2015 – Legislative Council count finalised

Earlier today the NSW Electoral Commission "pushed the button" for the Legislative Council election, and approximately half an hour we had a result in...

NSW 2015 – Greens vote concentrated

One of the stories on election night was the mixed news for the Greens. On the one hand, the party had a tremendous result...

iVote – how did it go so wrong?

At the recent NSW state election, the iVote internet voting system was used for the second time. The internet voting system is one of...

NSW 2015 – another Legislative Council update

We're now getting quite close to the end of the Legislative Council count, and the button is expected to be pushed at some point...

Do our state Electoral Commissions have enough to do the job?

Last week, while we were all distracted by the NSW election, the Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TEC) made a submission to a parliamentary inquiry warning...

NSW 2015 – Legislative Council update

The count in the Legislative Assembly is now largely complete. As of late Thursday evening, the Electoral Commission had "pushed the button" and finished...

Seat in focus – Goulburn

Goulburn, on paper, was a very safe Liberal seat prior to the recent election, with Liberal MP Pru Goward holding the seat by a...